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Assessment of the Intestinal Microbiota in Adults with Erosive Esophagitis AG-2020-176 ORIGINAL ARTICLE doi.org/10.1590/S0004-2803.202100000-29 Assessment of the intestinal microbiota in adults with erosive esophagitis Diego Cardoso BAIMA, Nayara Salgado CARVALHO, Ricardo Correa BARBUTI and Tomas NAVARRO-RODRIGUEZ Received: 20 August 2020 Accepted: 7 December 2020 ABSTRACT – Background – The intestinal microbiota influences the appropriate function of the gastrointestinal tract. Intestinal dysbiosis may be asso- ciated with a higher risk of esophageal lesions, mainly due to changes in gastroesophageal motility patterns, elevation of intra-abdominal pressure, and increased frequency of transient relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter. Objective – The aim of this study was to evaluate the intestinal microbiota in individuals with erosive esophagitis and in healthy individuals using metagenomics. Methods – A total of 22 fecal samples from adults aged between 18 and 60 years were included. Eleven individuals had esophagitis (eight men and three women) and 11 were healthy controls (10 men and one woman). The individuals were instructed to collect and store fecal material into a tube containing guanidine solution. The DNA of the mi- crobiota was extracted from each fecal samples and PCR amplification was performed using primers for the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene. The amplicons were sequenced using the Ion Torrent PGM platform and the data were analyzed using the QIIME™ software version 1.8. Statistical analyses were performed using the Mann-Whitney non-parametric test and the ANOSIM non-parametric method based on distance matrix. Results – The alpha-diversity and beta-diversity indices were similar between the two groups, without statistically significant differences. There was no statistically significant difference in the phylum level. However, a statistically significant difference was observed in the abundance of the familyClostridiaceae (0.3% vs 2.0%, P=0.032) and in the genus Faecaliumbacterium (10.5% vs 4.5%, P=0.045) between healthy controls and esophagitis patients. Conclu- sion – The findings suggest that reduced abundance of the genusFaecaliumbacterium and greater abundance of the family Clostridiaceae may be risk factors for the development of erosive esophagitis. Intervention in the composition of the intestinal microbiota should be considered as an adjunct to current therapeutic strategies for this clinical condition. Keywords – Erosive esophagitis; intestinal microbiota; metagenomic; Faecalibacterium; Clostridiaceae. INTRODUCTION important to adequately identify the risk factors associated with these conditions to initiate more effective preventive measures and The human intestinal microbiota has recently become the reduce health care costs. subject of extensive research and knowledge about the resident Dysbiosis influences sensory and motor mechanisms of the species and their influence is growing rapidly. The human diges- upper digestive tract(11-13). This imbalance in the microbiota can tive system houses a complex community of microbial cells that increase the production of intraluminal gases, leading to gastric influence human physiology, metabolism, nutrition and immune distension, increased intra-abdominal pressure, and an increase function(1-4). The imbalance of this microbiota, which is termed in the frequency of transient lower esophageal sphincter (LES) dysbiosis, may be involved in the pathogenesis of various digestive relaxations(14-17). A higher exposure of the esophageal epithelium and extra-digestive diseases that include irritable bowel syndrome, to reflux of gastric and duodenal material occurs, which increases inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, diverticulitis, gastric the risks of erosive esophagitis and Barrett’s esophagus(18,19). cancer, obesity, asthma, diabetes mellitus, coronary disease, atopy, The impact of intestinal dysbiosis in the upper gastrointestinal autism, autoimmune diseases, and others(5-7). tract is still unclear. The objective of our study was to evaluate The frequency of esophageal pathologies has increased in recent and compare the intestinal microbiota in patients with erosive decades. Although the majority of solid organ tumors has decreased esophagitis and in healthy volunteers. This comparison involved a in the last 40 years, esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) has become detailed taxonomic description using 16s ribosomal RNA (rRNA) more prevalent over time(8). This increase in the number of EAC metagenomic analysis. cases has been especially apparent in western countries and Asia. In the United States, the incidence of EAC is increasing faster than METHODS any other cancer(9). In addition, the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in North America, Europe, and Southeast Approval Asia increased by approximately 50% in relation to the baseline This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of in the early and mid-1990s, and subsequently stabilized(10). It is the Clinical Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Declared conflict of interest of all authors: none Disclosure of funding: no funding received Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. Corresponding author: Diego Cardoso Baima. E-mail: [email protected] 168 • Arq Gastroenterol • 2021. v. 58 nº 2 abr/jun Baima DC, Carvalho NS, Barbuti RC, Navarro-Rodriguez T. Assessment of the intestinal microbiota in adults with erosive esophagitis Paulo (HC-FMUSP; Approval No. 1.463.131). Every patient signed calcium channel blockers, nitrates, anticholinergics, and estrogens; an Informed Consent Form prior to the collection of samples. The bulky hiatal hernia ≥5 cm; long-distance journeys in the last 3 study was conducted with patients registered at the HC-FMUSP. months outside the southeastern region of the country; pregnancy The experimental analysis was carried out at the Laboratory of or breastfeeding patients; previous history of surgery of the up- Medical Research – LIM 46, sector of Parasitology of the Institute per GI tract; obesity defined as a body mass index ≥30 kg/m2; and of Tropical Medicine of the University of São Paulo. consumptive syndrome or malnutrition. Fecal samples Sample collection and DNA extraction Fecal samples were collected from 22 Brazilian male and female Fecal samples were collected by the participants, who were in- adults aged between 24 and 55 years, from March 2017 to Febru- structed to store the stool in a sterile falcon tube containing 12 mL ary 2018. Of the 22 individuals, 11 had been diagnosed as erosive of guanidine 6M/EDTA 200 nM solution to maintain the integrity esophagitis (EE) (mean age 38.8 years, eight men and three women) of the genetic material of the samples. Samples were immediately and 11 were asymptomatic healthy adults (mean age 34.9 years, delivered to the laboratory, where they were stored at -20°C until 10 men and one woman). Body mass index ranged from 22 to 28 DNA extraction(22,23). The extraction and purification of microbial kg/ m2. Further details of the participants is provided in TABLE 1. DNA was carried out in the Parasitology sector of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo. Accordingly, 0.25 g of TABLE 1. Sociodemographic data of the study participants. each fecal sample was processed with the DNA Power Soil™ kit Erosive (QIAGEN, Carlsbad, CA, USA) according to the manufacturer’s esophagitis Control instructions. Sex Microbiome analysis Female 27.3% 9.1% The microbiome was characterized by amplifying the V4 do- main of the bacterial ribosomal 16S segment using the primers F515 Male 72.7% 90.9% (5’-CACGGTCGKCGGCGCCATT-3’) and R806 (5’-GGAC- TACHVGGGTWTCTAAT-3’). The bacterial amplicons were Age (years) 39 (±11) 34 (±6) sequenced using the Ion PGM Torrent™ platform (Invitrogen). Weight (kg) 73 (±6) 74 (±8) The readings obtained after sequencing were processed using QIIME™ version 1.8 pipeline and assigned to taxonomic units. Height (meters) 1.7 (±0.08) 1.7 (0.06) Alpha-diversity (taxonomic diversity within the same population) 2 analysis was done using the Shannon, Simpson, Chao1 indices and Body mass index (kg/m ) 25.5 (±1.9) 24.6 (±1.8) number of species observed. To measure beta-diversity (diversity Data are provided as a percentage (95% confidence interval) or mean (± standard deviation) between populations), principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) was performed based on the UniFrac distance matrix, to demonstrate Examinations similarities or dissimilarities between the samples analyzed. All This study recruited patients with dyspeptic symptoms (heart- sequencing raw reads have been deposited in the National Center burn, epigastric pain, fullness, bloating) and asymptomatic controls. for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) under the project accession The symptomatic patients performed an upper gastrointestinal en- number PRJNA656138. doscopy. Those who presented erosive esophagitis were included in this study and collected stool samples. To assess erosive esophagitis, Statistical analyses we used Los Angeles Classification(20). During the examination, To determine the statistically significant differences in the mi- biopsies of the gastric body and antrum were performed, using crobial populations that occurred between the two groups studied, the Operative Link for Gastric Assessment system(21) to rule out rarefaction was first performed for the same number of sequences severe or extensive gastric atrophy. The control group consisted of between all samples (59,300 when comparing the EE patients and asymptomatic
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